Darwin Birds
Today I discovered that bird watching with decent binoculars is really awesome! All my watching today was down at the mangroves at Nightcliff and at Rapid Creek just near our house, but I managed to see heaps of birds in…
Track the James Clark Ross
Pretty soon Dr Jan, the intrepid Polar Explorer will be off on another Antarctic adventure. For those of back home I’ve created a little map to track her ship. The map can be found at http://www.janandira.com/maps/ With some luck it…
Dragnetting
This morning in Darwin we got up early to do a quick morning fishing trip. The sea was still a bit choppy after the cyclone and there was lots of crap in the water … but the fish were out…
Leek and Potato
Farmer Ira Ingredients: 4 Medium sized leeks chopped and rinsed. A biggish bit of butter for frying 3 cloves garlic 3 medium potatoes black pepper Spash of white wine 500ml-1L premade stock. 150ml cream. Fry the leeks and garlic gently…